Human Angle

OAU Management Harps on Students’ Safety

By Web News 120

By Mojisola Oladele

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has called on students to prioritize their safety at all times.

The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen, against the backdrop of a student of the institution, who was electrocuted last weekend.

Mr Olanrewaju said the university condoled with the bereaved family and friends of the deceased.

The university, however, expressed concern over the state of electrical infrastructure in off-campus hostels, especially during this rainy season.

According to a witness, “the student retrieved the ball and tossed it back to his teammates before attempting to scale the fence separating the two hostels. In the process, he reportedly came in contact with a high-tension cable that had been brought down by a rainstorm the previous day.”

“He got electrocuted the moment he touched it. His friends used a stick to detach him from the wire and rushed him to a hospital in Ipetumodu, but doctors there confirmed him dead’”, the witness added.

It would be recalled that last Saturday evening, a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University’s Distance Learning Centre was electrocuted while attempting to retrieve a football from a nearby compound, at a private hostel along the Moro/Ife Road in Ile Ife.

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Education

Explore FG’s PPP Policy to plug infrastructural gaps – Minister

By Web News 785

In line with the directive of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has charged universities and other Nigerian tertiary institutions to find creative ways of exploiting the existing Public-Private Partnership policy to meaningfully bridge the infrastructure gaps on their campuses.

Alhaji Mohammed made the remark at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife at the inauguration of rehabilitation projects at the Faculty of Science, sponsored by an alumnus of the institution, Dr Akintoye Akindele.

Correspondent, Adenitan Akinola was there for Radio Nigeria.

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Suspected Robber Set Ablaze In Ile Ife

By Web News 1349

A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man suspected to be an armed robber has been killed and set ablaze in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

This is coming barely ten days after two suspected bike snatchers were killed and set ablaze at Lagere Area, Ile-Ife on December 4, 2020.

Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident happened on Sunday around 10:30 in the morning around Oke-Ogbo, Ilode Area, Ile-Ife. 

The suspected armed robber had snatched a motorcycle from a commercial motorcyclist at gunpoint and was pursued by a mob who lynched him to death and set the lifeless body ablaze.

A witness who declined being mentioned told Radio Nigeria that two armed robbers were involved in the motorcycle snatching but one escaped while the other was killed by the mob. 

The spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.

Mrs Opalola said the suspected armed robber was arrested by Okada riders and set ablaze before the police officers arrived the scene. 

Adenitan Akinola

Tourism

Olojo Festival: Osun Govt. to Prioritise Tourism

By Web News 937

Osun state Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has restated his administration’s commitment to prioritise tourism for huge economic gains and rapid development of the State.

Governor Oyetola who stated this at year 2020 Olojo festival in Ile Ife assured that his government was fully aware of the abundant opportunities inherent in the preservation and promotion of the state’s heritage and tourism.

He said government was resolved to prioritise the tourism sector as one of the economic pillars to drive the State’s economy.

Governor Oyetola described as huge the contributions of culture and tourism infrastructure to the economic development of the State hence the need for government to give priority to the sector.

The governor said government was making stringent efforts to build a sustainable tourism industry in the State through collaboration with local and international partners.

In a remark, Oni of ife,Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi maintained that culture remained symbol of identity, saying critical stakeholders in the tourism sector must be alive to their responsibilities by promoting Yoruba culture to international community.

Oba Ogunwusi emphasized the need government to harness the nation cultural potential for employment and wealth creation.

Wasiu Ajadosu